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Showing 701710 of 4369 articles for Art. Loi n° 89-1008

French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Life insurance and capitalisation.

Article L183-2

The provisions of Article L. 183-1 may not preclude the public policy provisions of French law applicable regardless of the law governing the contract.However, the court may give effect on the territo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Electronic money institutions

Article L775-20

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Transfer procedures

Article L1424-23-1

…ts provided for therein no later than 31 December of the year following the promulgation of the law n° 2004-811 du 13 août 2004 de modernisation de la sécurité civile.Failing this, the transfer is dec…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L631-5

…gt;in article L. 412-5 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the word "départemental" and the words "the law n° 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing" are replaced respectively by th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2351-1

…Companies with registered offices in France incorporated in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) n° 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company (SE); 2° Companies participatin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-40

…be decided by at least three quarters of the members. The provisions of articles 8 to 16 of decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978 are applicable. A copy of the deed appointing the liquidator shall be sent…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-118

…y in the Articles of Association, meetings are convened in accordance with the article 40 of decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Interest-bearing loans.

Article 1907

Interest is legal or conventional. Legal interest is fixed by law. Conventional interest may exceed that of the law, whenever the law does not prohibit it. The rate of conventional interest must be fi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-4

I.-The report on the application of articles L. 132-9-2 and L. 132-9-3 provided for in article L. 132-9-3-1 is published annually on the insurance undertaking's website or on any other durable medium…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-15-2

For insurance contracts covering natural persons outside their professional activities and falling within the branches or categories of contracts defined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, the insured m…

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